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0 also a key part of the plan was to maintain an embassy in kabul and maintaining that embassy would allow us to continue to engage the government, to continue to provide resources to support the afghan security forces so it was -- the plan was to leave a diplomatic presence there, and in conjunction with that plan we also were going to leave a small military force there to help secure the embassy, so that was the plan, senator. >> but you didn't address the issue that you made -- if it was your plan, you acknowledge it was your plan and your plan said you would do all these things before we g...

0 retake bagram then? >> thank you, senator. you are right, the tempo had picked up significantly. the taliban continued to make advances. our entire chain of command, myself, the chairman, general mckenzie, routinely engaged in after began leadership to encourage them to solidify their defensive plans, to make sure they were providing the right logistics to their troops and stiffen their defenses to no avail. and to compound that, president ghani continued to make changes in the leadership of the military and this created further problems for the afghan security forces. >> mr. secretary i don...

That? thank you. >> i would tell you we had two events . we took every precaution we could at abby gate. when we had the 48 hours that followed, we closed the gate in order to recognize it would reduce our ability to bring people in. we thought it was the best thing to reduce our attack surface, if you will to protect our forces . >> two quick questions, are you

Strike. we do need to remember that just days before, an isis-k suicide bomber had killed 13 u.s. service members and more than 170 afghans at abby gate at the airport. the u.s. had intelligence of an imminent and credible threat and were understandably on high alert. but, rosemary, from what we have established, there are serious doubts as to whether ahmadi, a father of seven, highly respected worker who worked for this u.s.-based ngo for 15 years, feeding the poor, was, as the u.s. climbs, an isis-k facilitator with suspected explosive material in his car for an imminent attack. and, rosemar...

This is a community in west london of some 100,000 british afghans, and people are coming here to try and get help, to get advice. what can they do to help family members back in kabul? you have family members in kabul. you're very worried about them, but also, your family has suffered terrible lo55e5 just in the last few days. ye5, yes, we had the terrible news of losing my cousin in a bomb blast which happened near the airport at abby gate. it was really horrendous moment for everyone in afghanistan and especially for my family that we lost them. i am in fear that we are losing, my otherfami...